Iran Claims U.S. Talks Don’t Include Enriched Uranium Stockpile

The Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported on Wednesday that a senior National Security Council official in the country claimed the first round of peace talks with the United States did not address the country’s enriched uranium stockpile.

The official, National Security Council Deputy Secretary Ali Baqeri, claimed instead that the talks were focusing on reopening commercial transit in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian terror state has effectively made normal commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz impossible since March, threatening to attack random ships to disrupt the global economy.

Baqeri’s claim that enriched uranium is not part of the conversation with American negotiators directly contradicts comments from the White House, including from President Donald Trump himself, insisting that Washington will not sign onto any peace agreement that does not include long-term limits on Iranian nuclear development and the confiscation and destruction of enriched uranium.

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